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Here’s another one that was sent by a kind reader in Sweden – thanks! This is my second or third Swedish instant noodle. It’s been interesting to translate the packaging too. The little dots over the ‘a’ in Räksmak are interesting. I tried it in Google and without the dots got straight flavor, and with them got shrimp flavor. Of course, once I opened the pack I found that the seasoning sachet said ‘prawn flavor,’ so that kind of sealed the deal on correct translation for me. Anyways, let’s have a look at this one!

Here’s the back of the package (click image to enlarge). To prepare, add noodle block to 5dl (500ml) or boiling water and cook for 2-3 minutes. Add in contents of sachet and stir. Enjoy!

The noodle block.

The soup base sachet.

An almost fluffy powder with a light prawn scent.

Finished (click image to enlarge). Added prawns, sweet onion and sliced spring onion. The noodles are unique – flat and a little broad. Also, they are slightly thicker than most too. They have a nice texture to them, although not very chewy. The broth has a prawn flavor to it 3.0 out of 5.0 stars. EAN bar code 7318690029564.

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Here’s another one that was sent by a kind reader in Sweden – thanks! This is pretty exciting – my first Swedish instant noodle review. I wouldn’t have thought of a connection between Sweden and instant noodles really; until I realized something a while back. You’ll see lots of Taiwanese instant noodles that have Scandinavian words ending in -smak a lot – that’s flavor in Swedish. So, here we are with kycklingsmak, which means chicken flavor. Anyways, let’s see how the chicken instant noodles sold in Sweden are!

Here’s the back of the package (click image to enlarge). Looks to be meat free but check for yourself. To prepare, add noodle block to 500ml boiling water and cook 2-3 minutes. Add in sachet contents, stir and enjoy!

The noodle block.

A soup base sachet.

Has a strong chicken scent.

Finished (click image to enlarge). Added grilled chicken, bell pepper and sweet onion with a couple sprinkles of Jane’s Krazy Mixed Up Pepper. The noodles a kind of rubbery feel to be honest; although there is a lot of them. The broth has a surprisingly good chicken taste – like a lightly salted chicken broth and really quite nice. 3.25 out of 5.0 stars. EAN 7318690029557.

This recipe book looks like it’ll take you on a tour of the cuisine of Sweden!

This a great spoof commercial ICA did recently. Then again, I’ve never been to Sweden. European countries do seem to be ahead of the curve in a lot of ways… Nah, I’m sure they don’t bolt digital mind control glasses to your head!did recently